About 20 years ago, me and my family were in a really bad financial situation, also have a new baby, kids, living in a small apartment, etc. Friends giving us food and groceries, and our church helping to pay our overdue bills (several months overdue and about to get cut-off).

I just felt helpless and feeling like a failure.

But during the same time, I was trying to learn website design. I didn’t even consider it as CODING back then because I didn’t even know HTML… I was using a “borrowed” WYSIWYG program – FrontPage , hoping to make some extra money on the side.

Well, doing website hosting/design/development literally changed our lives. Within a couple of years, we’re moving out of that apartment and buying our own house, a new SUV – then a few months later I was quitting my day job to devote full time to web design/development.

Today, I’m still doing the same thing.

So yes, don’t lose hope… keep coding and learning! The nice thing about web development work is you can do it in the comfort of your own home and keep your own schedule